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Brendan Wrote:

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> So long as you remember to pass the koutchie on

> the left hand side.


"We a go dub".


People, people, people, it's not mannersable to leave Brendan hanging there when he makes a reference that requires a follow up.


Anyway, consider the matter taken care of. All is irie.

>

> People, people, people, it's not mannersable to

> leave Brendan hanging there when he makes a

> reference that requires a follow up.

>

> Anyway, consider the matter taken care of. All is

> irie.

But HB that's just the point. Is it all really irie when it comes to table manners? Even on a cool and lovely breezy afternoon? Hmmm?

helena handbasket Wrote:

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> It's slightly North American, except:

>

> - we hold the knife in the right hand, fork in the

> left to cut one mouthful

> - we then place the knife across the top right

> ridge of the plate

> - switch the fork to the right hand, place one

> mouthful in mouth, and place fork down while

> chewing

> - back to knife in right hand, fork in left

>

> This goes on and on for every single bite.

> It is just as pointless as it sounds and I would

> love to meet the person who made eating such a

> chore. I think about doing it "your" way, but it

> just happens without thinking about it. Try it

> the other way around, it's hard!


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Jeezus H .....


No wonder there is so much hand held grazing done "over there"


Go on, admit it. America is the biggest social experiment ever that's gone horribly wrong


English is spoken only by the English & every thing else is a protracted garbled syntax which approximates a language



Right...



The other horrible , horrible trend that occasionally presents it's self at my dinner table, is when my boys schoolpals come over for tea.


Some children/ adults use this method & it's quite brutal in it's simplicity


Take fork ( ignore knife , actually rest your bloody elbow on it )


Stab/jab food ( until a chunk sticks to the said "friggin fork " why don't you )


Sit sideways one arse cheek on, one off the chair ( or until you break my chairs )


Talk/eat/rock


Use fingers/talk/ rock ( and "launder food" in open mouth, in my face )


Eat huge potato on the end of fork ( like a complex carbo lolly of sorts )


Smash up every bit of food on the plate, stick your fingers in it, smear ketchup everywhere


Then tell me "I don't like that, you got pizza"


"Why aint you got telly on"



Christ how I don't napalm the house there & then , I don't know


Luckily my eldest has the measure on things.


"OK, that's XXXX off the list" He wisely informs me


"Now what's for pudding ? "



* breathes *



W**F

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